Thornton is an unincorporated community in Taylor County, West Virginia, United States.

Thornton is located on Three Fork Creek along the Northwestern Turnpike (US 50) at its junction with County Route 7.

Thornton contains a Volunteer Fire Department, Post Office, and Taylor County's Judge Alan Moats' residence.

After his 1976 escape from prison in Pennsylvania, the sex cult leader George Feigley hid on a farm near Thornton.

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